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. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the newshour tonight, npr's peter overby analyzes the big money behind the ad wars. >> woodruff: plus we have two takes on close congressional contests, starting with gwen ifill's report from the bay state. >> ifill: we're in massachusetts where the race for the senate seat once held by ted kennedy has become a surprising and expensive dead heat. and an unusual race to the ideological middle. >> suarez: stu rothenberg and susan page offer up other senate matchups to watch. >> woodruff: then, we update the conflict in syria amid reports that weapons have landed in the hands of militants linked to al qaeda. >> suarez: publicity stunt or scientific achievement? hari sreenivasan talks to miles o'brien about yesterday's supersonic freefall. >> woodruff: and kwame holman remembers arlen specter, the independently minded pennsylvania senator who served as both a republican and a democrat. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> c
. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the newshour tonight, npr's peter overby analyzes the big money behind the ad wars. >> woodruff: plus we have two takes on close congressional contests, starting with gwen ifill's report from the bay state. >> ifill: we're in massachusetts where the race for the senate seat once held by ted kennedy has become a surprising and expensive dead heat. and an unusual race to the ideological middle. >> suarez: stu rothenberg and susan page...
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thanks, glad to be here suarez: you can listen >> suarez: you can listen to peter's reports and see our examination of the spending data on our politics page. >> woodruff: we have more politics coming up, including the hard-fought massachusetts senate race, and other congressional contests to watch; plus, new clashes in the syrian city of aleppo; the record- breaking sky jump; and the legacy of arlen specter. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: two americans won the 2012 nobel prize in economics today for research on market design and matching. it affects everything from placing doctors in the right hospitals to pairing students with the schools they most want. the honorees are alvin roth of harvard university, and currently a visiting professor at stanford university,nd lloyd shapley, a professor emeritus at the university of california los angeles. wall street had a strong start to the week on news of rising retail sales and better-than- expected earnings at citigroup. the dow jones industrial average gained 95 points to close at 13,424.
thanks, glad to be here suarez: you can listen >> suarez: you can listen to peter's reports and see our examination of the spending data on our politics page. >> woodruff: we have more politics coming up, including the hard-fought massachusetts senate race, and other congressional contests to watch; plus, new clashes in the syrian city of aleppo; the record- breaking sky jump; and the legacy of arlen specter. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >>...
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and once again, to ray suarez. >> suarez: his performances made him a household name, first among cycling fans, then in a much wider world. for seven consecutive years, cyclist lance armstrong was the best in the world winning the tour de france from 1999 through 2005. but even as he was winning, there were growing allegations, persistent rumors that armstrong's victories could be tainted by doping, but he fought back, ferociously. then this summer armstrong decided to drop his fight against the charges from the united states anti-doping agency. he still maintains he is innocent. today, the agency-- known as u.s.a.d.a.-- issued a long report, featuring sworn testimony from 11 of armstrong's former teammates. it concludes there is conclusive and undeniable proof that armstrong doped throughout the majority of his professional career through a massive doping scheme. bill strickland is editor-at- large for "bicycling" magazine, and author of "tour de lance: the extraordinary story of cycling's most controversial champion." lance armstrong has been fighting these charges for years by dismitti
and once again, to ray suarez. >> suarez: his performances made him a household name, first among cycling fans, then in a much wider world. for seven consecutive years, cyclist lance armstrong was the best in the world winning the tour de france from 1999 through 2005. but even as he was winning, there were growing allegations, persistent rumors that armstrong's victories could be tainted by doping, but he fought back, ferociously. then this summer armstrong decided to drop his fight...
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ray suarez has our story. >> suarez: it's being billed as a battle between david and goliath. known as "7-0"-- for the seventh of october, when venezuelans head to the polls-- the election marks a watershed moment for the world's second-largest oil- producing nation and a critical supplier of crude oil to the u.s., its number one customer. towering above the race is incumbent president hugo chavez. >> ( translated ): we will raze the competition on sunday the seventh. no one should have the smallest doubt. >> suarez: and with him, legions of red-shirted supporters known as "chavistas" from the united socialist party. >> ( translated ): starting on october 8th, we social organizations are going to join the president to make radical changes to this country. so we can impose the revolution, and finally have a socialist system firmly set in venezuela. >> suarez: through three u.s. administration's, the 58-year- old chavez has shown remarkable staying power, surviving a coup that briefly deposed him; a constitution that term-limited him out of office; a drastic and for more than a
ray suarez has our story. >> suarez: it's being billed as a battle between david and goliath. known as "7-0"-- for the seventh of october, when venezuelans head to the polls-- the election marks a watershed moment for the world's second-largest oil- producing nation and a critical supplier of crude oil to the u.s., its number one customer. towering above the race is incumbent president hugo chavez. >> ( translated ): we will raze the competition on sunday the seventh. no...
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ray suarez has the story as part of our ongoing series on coping with climate change. >> suarez: a hurricane in the final days of october, fed by warm ocean water, slams the eastern seaboard. it's a reminder of how often extreme weather events have been in the news. the debate over climate change-- whether it's real, and who or what is causing it-- rages on without signs of abating. superstorm sandy battered the coastline. and a record 14-foot storm surge brought new york city to a standstill, leaving the city with potentially staggering repair costs. all this came just months after the summer heat wave caused harsh droughts throughout the midwest, and wildfires that engulfed entire swaths of colorado, according to the national oceanic and atmospheric administration the last year from june of 2011 to july of 2012 was the nation's warmest year since recordkeeping began in 1895. and it's just over a year ago that hurricane irene caused record flooding in the northeast. but with sandy came new records and according to new york governor andrew cuomo, more pressure for governments to act. >> i jo
ray suarez has the story as part of our ongoing series on coping with climate change. >> suarez: a hurricane in the final days of october, fed by warm ocean water, slams the eastern seaboard. it's a reminder of how often extreme weather events have been in the news. the debate over climate change-- whether it's real, and who or what is causing it-- rages on without signs of abating. superstorm sandy battered the coastline. and a record 14-foot storm surge brought new york city to a...
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ray suarez has our story. >> suarez: the assignment is straightforward, and really hard-- getting latino voters to the polls. although latinos make up the country's largest minority--op about 9% of the u.s. electorate- - they are younger, poorer, and less educated than other americans in a country where older, wealthier and better educated people are more likely to vote. but states critical to both campans such as colorado, nevada, florida and here h virginia have seen large grthth in hispanic population and voter registration in recent years, and they are up r grabs. in a tight election, these voters couldind up providing the winner with the margin of victory. how do you talk to a population of 50 million people? for one thing, in spanish and through a variety of channels. bendina inclan is the republican national committee's director of hispanic outreach.in >> there's a lot of diversity within the hispanic community. 20-plus different countries, different, differences in generation-- first generation versus third generation-- so having a message that connects with all of them, but also
ray suarez has our story. >> suarez: the assignment is straightforward, and really hard-- getting latino voters to the polls. although latinos make up the country's largest minority--op about 9% of the u.s. electorate- - they are younger, poorer, and less educated than other americans in a country where older, wealthier and better educated people are more likely to vote. but states critical to both campans such as colorado, nevada, florida and here h virginia have seen large grthth in...
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ray suarez has the story. >> suarez: the decision means pennsylvania voters will not have to present photo identification on election day in november. in his ruling today, commonwealth judge robert simpson noted the election is just five weeks away. he wrote, "i question whether sufficient time now remains to attain the goal of liberal access to acceptable photo identification." as a result, he said, "i'm not convinced in my predictive judgment that there will be no voter dissen france chietment. opponents of the law including stephanie singer praised the decision. >> we can disagree about whether there should be any kind of photo i.d. law for voting. we can disagree and i'm in the next several months maybe years we will disagree. but there's one thing we can't disagree on. something we have to agree on and that is that no one can be disenfranchised. >> suarez: in august judge simpson actually upheld the requirement that voters present a valid phoeni owe i.d. before g ballots this fall. two weeks ago the pennsylvania supreme court ordered the judge to review the law again to ensure t
ray suarez has the story. >> suarez: the decision means pennsylvania voters will not have to present photo identification on election day in november. in his ruling today, commonwealth judge robert simpson noted the election is just five weeks away. he wrote, "i question whether sufficient time now remains to attain the goal of liberal access to acceptable photo identification." as a result, he said, "i'm not convinced in my predictive judgment that there will be no voter...
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ray suarez interviews the e.u. ambassador to the u.s. >> brown: we come back to politics as paul solman asks this question: >> who do you trust >> woodruff: plus mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the-vice presidential debate left democrats today saying they're back on track after a strong showing. republicans argued their man held his own. instant polls split on who won last night's confrontation, but both camps claimed victory. vice president biden moved on today to wisconsin, paul ryan's home state. >> anyone that watch
ray suarez interviews the e.u. ambassador to the u.s. >> brown: we come back to politics as paul solman asks this question: >> who do you trust >> woodruff: plus mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. >> and with...
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ray suarez talked to them by phone earlier today. suarez: mr. seaton, welcome to the program. your agency runs a tremendous array of services: commuter rail, rapid transit, buses, bridges and tunnels. how long before you think you have a full assessment of the damage? >> actually, for the subway and for the rail, assessment is still underway. bridges except for two of them, were reopened today at noon after a full inspection, a safety inspection. everything was good to go. >> suarez: are any of new york's extensive subway system running at this point? >> no subway, no commuter rail. we're starting buses now. we're ramping up buses for:00 start today. and we will nearly a full schedule of buses, bus service tomorrow. >> suarez: the pictures people across the country saw overnight, subway stations underneath water, dirty, salty water. probably had them wondering how do you get all that out. >> we pump it out. we have three pump trains. we have 300 pumps throughout the system. we have a vast array of portable pumps so we try to work on one or two tubes at a time. actually a coupl
ray suarez talked to them by phone earlier today. suarez: mr. seaton, welcome to the program. your agency runs a tremendous array of services: commuter rail, rapid transit, buses, bridges and tunnels. how long before you think you have a full assessment of the damage? >> actually, for the subway and for the rail, assessment is still underway. bridges except for two of them, were reopened today at noon after a full inspection, a safety inspection. everything was good to go. >>...
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ray suarez has the story. >> suarez: with a single stroke today, lance armstrong's name was wiped from the record books >> lance armstrong has no place in cycling. >> saurez: the president of the international cycling union announced armstrong is banned from professional cycling for life and he's being stripped of his seven tour de france titles. from 1999 to 2005. the victories will not go to anyone else because 20 of the 21 were also linked to doping. it all follows the u.s. anti-doping agency report that armstrong led the most sweeping doping effort in any sport ever >> as a cyclist and somebody coming from a cycling background i was sickened by what i read >> suarez: armstrong has repeatedly denied the charges but sponsors such as nike and anheuser busch dropped him last week. he stepped down as chairman of his cancer awareness livestrong foundation. he spoke yesterday at a livestrong event in texas >> people ask me a lot how are you doing? i tell them, i say, well, i've been better. but i've also been worse >> suarez: armstrong's fall from grace is hardly unique. >> announcer: bon
ray suarez has the story. >> suarez: with a single stroke today, lance armstrong's name was wiped from the record books >> lance armstrong has no place in cycling. >> saurez: the president of the international cycling union announced armstrong is banned from professional cycling for life and he's being stripped of his seven tour de france titles. from 1999 to 2005. the victories will not go to anyone else because 20 of the 21 were also linked to doping. it all follows the u.s....
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ray suarez has our story. warning, some viewers may find images in his report disturbing. >> suarez: it was front-page news in mexico city today. mexican marines had killed the leader of the glet a's drug cartel. heriberto lazcano in a shootout sunday. the navy announced fingerprints confirmed the identity. then a bizarre twist. gunman stole the body from a funeral home before forensic testing could be completedded. >> the owner of garcia funeral services said that maskedded men subdued the employees, took the body from a funeral home in a hearse and forced the driver to drive the vehicle >> suarez: a death photo of the man was released. still the state attorney general, overseeing the operation, said authorities are confident they got the right man. >> an analysis was done comparing the body and its characteristics with the still pictures on file. this comparison resulted in a positive match. >> suarez: lazcano was one of mexico's most feared drug lords, also known as the executioner. he transformed the zetas
ray suarez has our story. warning, some viewers may find images in his report disturbing. >> suarez: it was front-page news in mexico city today. mexican marines had killed the leader of the glet a's drug cartel. heriberto lazcano in a shootout sunday. the navy announced fingerprints confirmed the identity. then a bizarre twist. gunman stole the body from a funeral home before forensic testing could be completedded. >> the owner of garcia funeral services said that maskedded men...